Coffee time

A forward from my friend's circle...

A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got togetherto visit their old university Professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.

Offering his guests coffee, the Prof went to the kitchen and returnedwith a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain, plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand,the lecturer said: "If you noticed, all the nice-looking, expensive cups were taken up,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is quite normal foryou to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of yourproblems and stress.

What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but youConsciously went for the better cups and are eyeing each other'scups."

"Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in societyare the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, but thequality of Life doesn't change."

"Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy thecoffee in it."

So friend, don't let the cups drive you...enjoy the coffee instead.